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  Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Take Medication After a Stroke, Study Suggests By Dennis Thompson, HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2024 -- Female  stroke   victims are less likely than men to take drugs that could lower their odds of a second stroke. Women are 80% more likely to report that they don’t take cholesterol-lowering medications as prescribed, a new study shows. Researchers report that they are also 53% more likely to not take blood thinners that could prevent a follow-up stroke in the  Journal of the American Heart Association . Researchers said the results appear to be driven by Mexican-American women. Mexican-Americans made up 58% of the study population. “Women in general and Mexican American women in particular are more likely to be caregivers for other family members,”  Chen Chen , a postdoctoral fellow with the University of Michigan School of Public Health, said in a news release. “As a result, they may be less able to prioritize and ...

  Food Recall Update: Class 1 Alert Issued for Costco Eggs Linked to Salmonella By India Edwards HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Dec. 26, 2024 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has escalated the recall of sure eggs sold at Costco to its highest Class 1 alert level due to salmonella contamination risks. According to the FDA, The Handsome Brook Farms Kirkland Signature Organic Pasture Raised 24-Count Eggs were distributed to Costco locations in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The FDA's AS 1 designation signifies a "reasonable probably "that consuming the eggs could cause" serious adverse health consequences "r" eath," the news release shows. Starting Nov. 22, approximately 10,800 retail units of the eggs were distributed to 25 Costco stores. However, the recall was issued on Nov. 27 after the company found that eggs not intended for retail sale were packaged and shipped in retail cartons. Handsome Brook Farms em...

  ABDOMINAL FAT CAN BE DECREASED WITH A HEART-HEALTHY DIET         Do you wish you could decrease your waistline? Reducing abdominal obesity can lower health risks -- but despite claims you may have seen on the Internet, no trending diet can help you specifically eliminate belly fat, according to an article in  ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal® . "There is still no miracle diet, food, nutrient, or bioactive component that will target abdominal fat," writes Kari D. Pilolla, PhD, RDN, of the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. But a heart-healthy diet high in fiber and low in saturated fats is a great way to prevent and reduce abdominal obesity, according to the article, part of a special theme issue of  ACSM's Health & Fitness Journal , focusing on Nutrition. What's New in Nutrition? New Updates for Health and Fitness Professionals Amid the ongoing obesity epidemic, there is increasing attention to the health risks associa...

  A MORE EFFECTIVE FLU VACCINE MAY BE ON THE WAY   Stanford Medicine scientists have designed a way to make seasonal influenza vaccinations more broadly effective and protect against new flu variants with pandemic potential. A study to be published on Dec. 20 in  Science  showed  that the method works in cultured human tonsil tissue . Flu season is upon us, and flu is no joke. Every year, the influenza virus kills hundreds of thousands of people and sends millions to the hospital. The seasonal flu vaccine many of us get is intended to keep that from happening by giving our immune system a heads-up that speeds its readiness for combat with the virus. A key component of that response is the development of antibodies: specialized proteins that can bind selectively to a targeted virus like a piece of a puzzle to its next-door neighbor and, when the fit is tight enough and in the right place, prevent that virus from getting into our cells and replicating inside of th...

  Moderate-to-vigorous exercise Lowers Preterm Birth Risk With Gestational Diabetes. By Lori Solomon, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Dec. 23, 2024 -- Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity (MVPA) during pregnancy is inversely associated with preterm birth in women with gestational diabetes (GD), according to a study published online Dec. 19 in  JAMA Network Open . Wanglong Gou, Ph.D., from Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine in China, and colleagues examined the association of accelerometer-derived physical activity metrics and patterns with preterm birth among women with GD. The analysis included 1,427 women with GD with wearable accelerometer-derived physical activity data. The researchers found an inverse relationship between an increase in MVPA and the fraction of physical activity energy expenditure derived from MVPA and preterm birth (odds ratio per 30 minutes, 0.64 and 0.69, respectively). The odds of preterm birth decreased progressively with in...

  Too Much Acetaminophen Could Harm Seniors' Health By Robin Foster, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Dec. 24, 2024 -- New British research shows that too much of a good medication can be a bad thing. In the study, repeated doses of paracetamol, known as acetaminophen (brand name Tylenol) in the United States, raised the risk of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and kidney complications among those over 65. The findings, published recently in the journal  Arthritis Care and Research , illustrate the dangers of older people taking too much of the painkiller for chronic, painful conditions such as osteoarthritis. Acetaminophen is used to temporarily relieve mild to moderate pain and fever. It is commonly included as an ingredient in cold and flu medications and is also taken on its own. It works by blocking signals in the brain that let people know when they're in pain and by affecting the chemicals that regulate their body temperature. Evidence also suggests the widely used pain...

  IS IT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE CANCER CELLS TO NORMAL CELLS?       Despite the development of numerous cancer treatment technologies, the common goal of current cancer therapies is to eliminate cancer cells. This approach, however, faces fundamental limitations, including cancer cells developing resistance and returning, as well as severe side effects from the destruction of healthy cells. KAIST (represented by President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on December 20th that a research team led by Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering has developed groundbreaking technology for treating colon cancer. This technology converts cancer cells into a state resembling normal colon cells without killing them, thus avoiding side effects. The research team focused on the observation that normal cells regress along their differentiation trajectory during the oncogenesis process. Building on this insight, they developed a technology to create a digital ...